Asch on Majority Opinion and Authority

„In his important social psychological experiments with students, Asch found out in simple tests that there was a yielding toward an ERRING MAJORITY opinion in more than a third of his test persons, and 75 percent of subjects experimented upon agreed with the majority in varying degrees. In many persons the weight of authority is more important than the quality of the authority.“

Joost A.M. MeerlooAsch's social psychological experiments show how majority opinion and authority influence behavior.

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Joost A.M. Meerloo was a Dutch-American psychiatrist and author known for his work on psychological manipulation and totalitarian regimes.

Asch's experiment demonstrates the influence of social majorities and authority on human behavior.

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Joost A.M. Meerloo|behave, mind control, opinion, psychology

Joost A.M. Meerloo (1903–1976) was a prominent psychiatrist and writer especially known for his critical analysis of totalitarian systems and psychological warfare. He emigrated to the US and published numerous books on psychological control and manipulation.